{"product_id":"selected-poems-of-malcolm-lowry-9780872867291","title":"Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile famous for his celebrated novel, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e, Malcolm Lowry always considered himself a poet. First published in 1962 and long out of print, \u003ci\u003eSelected Poems of Malcolm Lowry \u003c\/i\u003eis the only comprehensive selection of his poetry to be published, and it remains the perfect introduction to his extensive poetic canon. Edited by Lowry''s good friend, renowned Canadian poet Earle Birney, with the assistance of his widow, Margerie Lowry, the selection includes extraordinary poems written during Lowry''s stay in Mexico, many of which are closely related to his novel. This new edition includes a \"Publisher''s Note\" from Lawrence Ferlinghetti.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems would be worth keeping in print, if for no other reason, for their illuminations of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Volcano\u003c\/i\u003e: ''See mind''s petal \/ torn from a good tree, but where shall it settle \/ But in the last darkness and at the end?'' Sometimes, as the images of \"For Under the Volcano,\" they become ''pa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"These poems would be worth keeping in print, if for no other reason, for their illuminations of \u003cem\u003eUnder the Volcano\u003c\/em\u003e: 'See mind's petal \/ torn from a good tree, but where shall it settle \/ But in the last darkness and at the end?' Sometimes, as the images of \"For Under the Volcano,\" they become 'palm-of-the-hand' versions of that masterpiece. Lowry is a poet of struggle—with life, and with the creative process. Here are his struggle’s fruits: guilt, alcoholism, hopeless, self-deriding quest for salvation, which seems to be love, and, above all, self-destruction—but always accomplished with self-knowledge, enriched (in order to further torment itself) with compassion for all the beings that the poet, and us with him, are failing. His words are always sad and often beautiful.\"—\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction 7 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ROAR OF THE SEA AND THE DARKNESS \u003cbr\u003eNo Kraken shall be found till sought by name 11 \u003cbr\u003eLook out! The bloody bosun! 12 \u003cbr\u003eByzantium 13\u003cbr\u003eOld freighter in an old port 14 \u003cbr\u003eIron cities 15 \u003cbr\u003eThe flowering past 16 \u003cbr\u003eThe ship is turning homeward 17 \u003cbr\u003eThe lighthouse invites the storm 18 \u003cbr\u003eTashtego believed Red 19 Vigil Forget 20 \u003cbr\u003eThe days like smitten cymbals of brass 21 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHUNDER BEYOND POPOCATEPETL \u003cbr\u003eThunder beyond Popocatepetl 22\u003cbr\u003eFor Under the Volcano 23 \u003cbr\u003eXochitepec 25\u003cbr\u003eThe Volcano is Dark 26\u003cbr\u003eGrim vinegarroon 27\u003cbr\u003eIn the Oaxaca Jail 28\u003cbr\u003eFor the love of dying 29\u003cbr\u003eDeath of a Oaxaqueñan 30\u003cbr\u003eIn a Mexican church 31\u003cbr\u003eDelirium in Vera Cruz 32\u003cbr\u003eSunrise 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE CANTINAS \u003cbr\u003ePrayer for drunks 34\u003cbr\u003eThirty-five mescals in Cuautla 35\u003cbr\u003e Eye-opener 36\u003cbr\u003e No company but fear 37 \u003cbr\u003eNo time to stop and think 38\u003cbr\u003eComfort 38 \u003cbr\u003eWithout the nighted wyvern 39\u003cbr\u003eThe drunkards 40\u003cbr\u003eAt the bar 40\u003cbr\u003eSestina in a Cantina 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVENUS \u003cbr\u003eVenus 45 \u003cbr\u003eFragment 46 \u003cbr\u003eA New Ship 47 \u003cbr\u003eA poem of God's mercy 47 \u003cbr\u003eA quarrel 49 \u003cbr\u003eNo still path 50 \u003cbr\u003eNocturne 51 \u003cbr\u003eSaint Malcolm among the birds 52\u003cbr\u003eHappiness 53\u003cbr\u003eBe patient for the wolf 54 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE COMEDIAN \u003cbr\u003eThe Comedian 56\u003cbr\u003eMen with coats thrashing 57\u003cbr\u003eThoughts while drowning 58 \u003cbr\u003eQueer poem 59\u003cbr\u003ePoem 59\u003cbr\u003eMidtown pyromaniac 60\u003cbr\u003e Injured stones 61\u003cbr\u003eEpitaph 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSONGS FROM THE BEACH : ERIDANUS\u003cbr\u003eKingfishers in British Columbia 63 \u003cbr\u003eChrist walks in this infernal district too 64 \u003cbr\u003eWhirlpool 65\u003cbr\u003eHostage 65 T\u003cbr\u003ehe glaucous-winged gull 66 \u003cbr\u003eThe ship sails on: for Nordahl Grieg 67\u003cbr\u003eThe wounded bat 68\u003cbr\u003eThe past 69\u003cbr\u003eThe pilgrim 70\u003cbr\u003eThe wild cherry 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LANGUAGE OF MAN'S WOE\u003cbr\u003eRilke and Yeats 72\u003cbr\u003eThoughts to be erased from my destiny 73\u003cbr\u003eJoseph Conrad 74\u003cbr\u003eTrinity 74\u003cbr\u003eThe doomed in their sinking 75\u003cbr\u003eEels 76\u003cbr\u003eThe plagiarist 76\u003cbr\u003eHe liked the dead 77\u003cbr\u003eAfter publication of Under the Volcano78\u003cbr\u003eThe search 78\u003cbr\u003eStrange type 79\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884896137559,"sku":"9780872867291","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780872867291.jpg?v=1722533954","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/selected-poems-of-malcolm-lowry-9780872867291","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}